Petrozavodsk

city Petrozavodsk Петрозаводск ( Russian ) Petroskoi ( Karelian ) Petroskoi ( Finnish ) flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia republic Karelia Urban district Petrozavodsk mayor Irina Miroschnik Founded 1703 Earlier names Schuiski zavod (1703–1704) Petrowskaja sloboda (1704–1777) (Äänislinna, only under Finnish occupation powers during the Continuation War 1941–1944) City since 1777 surface 113  km² population 261,987 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2318 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 60  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 8142 Post Code 185000-185036 License Plate 10 OKATO 86 401 Website petrozavodsk-mo.ru Geographical location Coordinates 61 ° 47 '  N , 34 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 47 '0 "  N , 34 ° 21' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Republic of Karelia

List of cities in Russia

Monument to Peter the Great

Petrozavodsk ( Russian Петрозаво́дск ; Karelian , Finnish and Vepsian Petroskoi ) is the capital of the Republic of Karelia , Russia , with 261,987 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). It is located on Lake Onega around 400 km northeast of Saint Petersburg .

history

Beginnings

Archaeological finds in the urban area prove that there was a settlement on the site of Petrozavodsk about 7000 years ago. Today's city emerged from the villages that had been on the local shores of Lake Onega since the Middle Ages.

Foundation of the city

Church of St. Peter and Paul, photograph, early 20th century

The Solomennoje district was mentioned as early as the 16th century. However, the city of Petrozavodsk itself was only founded in 1703 with the construction of the iron and cannon works ( petrozawod = "the Peter factory") on the Lossossinka river . War material for the Northern Wars was produced there. The settlement in which the workers lived grew around the plant.

On March 21, 1777 Petrozavodsk received city rights. As a result, the city was named the center of the Olonez Governorate in 1781 . In the first half of the 19th century, Petrozavodsk became a bishopric. In the course of the century it also developed into a place of exile for political opponents of the Russian tsar .

1917 to 1991

After the October Revolution of 1917, Soviet power was established in Petrozavodsk in January 1918. In 1920 the city became the capital of the Karelian Workers' Commune, in 1923 the capital of the newly founded Karelian ASSR , 1940-1956 of the Karelo-Finnish SSR .

During the continuation war between the Soviet Union and Finland , Petrozavodsk was occupied by Finnish troops from October 1941 to June 1944 and was called Äänislinna in those years . In the city there was the prisoner of war camp No. 120 for German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Seriously ill people were cared for in prisoner-of-war hospital No. 5879 .

Since 1991

Petrozavodsk has been the capital of the Republic of Karelia since 1991 . In 2013, Galina Shirschina was elected the city's first female mayor for the Yabloko party . In 2015 she was deposed by the City Soviet, her successor was Irina Miroschnik.

population

In 2010, 86.7% of the population were Russians. Other ethnic groups were Karelians with 9,889 people (4.0%), Finns with 4,493 people (1.8%), Belarusians , Ukrainians , Finno-Ugric Wepsen , Jews , Roma and other nationalities.

Population development (1897-2010)

year	Residents
1897	12,522
1926	26,000
1939	69,723
1959	135.256
1970	184,481
1979	234.103
1989	269,485
2002	266.160
2010	261,987

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Nationalities (2002)

Culture

Aerial view of Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk is home to the Petrozavodsk State University , to which the previously independent Karelian State Pedagogical Academy was incorporated in 2013 , the State Conservatory "Alexander Glasunow" , five theaters, including the Music Theater of the Republic of Karelia built by Yelisaveta Natanovna Chechik , three museums , several cinemas, including the Kalevala cinema built by Tamara Vladimirovna Kovalevskaya in 1978 , libraries and other cultural institutions.

Several music festivals are held in Petrozavodsk in summer. Including the festival "White Nights" for classical music and the rock festival "Wosduch" ( air ).

Since 1993 in Petrozavodsk in wepsischer language magazine Kodima issued, the main mouthpiece of the minority of the local Finno-Ugric wasp .

economy

In Petrozavodsk there are the wood processing industry, furniture industry, fish processing and shipyards.

traffic

Central Station

Petrozavodsk is connected to the Russian metropolis Saint Petersburg via the trunk road R21 Kola .

Petrozavodsk Central Station is on the Murman Railway , which runs from Saint Petersburg to Murmansk .

Twin cities

Petrozavodsk lists the following thirteen twin cities :

city	country	since
Alytus	Lithuania	2007
Brest	Belarus	2002
Duluth	Minnesota, United States	1987
Joensuu	Finland	1994
La Rochelle	Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	1973
Mykolaiv	Ukraine	2002
Narva	Ida-Viru, Estonia	2011
Neubrandenburg	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany	1983
Portomaggiore	Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Rana	Nordland, Norway	1992
Tübingen	Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany	1989
Umeå	Västerbotten, Sweden	1976
Varkaus	Finland	1975
Vagharschapat	Armenia	2004

sons and daughters of the town

• Nikolai Solowjow (1846–1916), composer and music teacher
• Michail Perchin (1860–1903), goldsmith and workshop manager in the manufacture of Carl Peter Fabergé
• Wladimir Lebedinski (1868–1937), physicist and university professor
• Alexei Markuschewitsch (1908–1979), mathematician
• Nikolai Gussakow (1934–1991), Nordic combined athlete
• Tamara Manina (* 1934), gymnast and author
• Sergei Kislyakov (born 1950), mathematician
• Sergei Katanandow (* 1955), head (1998–2010) of the Republic of Karelia
• Yuri Dmitrijew (* 1956), human rights activist
• Vladimir Drachev (* 1966), biathlete
• Vadim Sashurin (* 1970), Belarusian biathlete
• Vitaly Tschernyshev (* 1981), Russian-Belarusian biathlete
• Dmitrij Vaľukevič (* 1981), Slovak triple jumper of Belarusian origin
• Timur Dibirow (* 1983), handball player
• Alexei Koslow (* 1986), national soccer player
• Artyom Voroshilo (* 1988), ice hockey player
• Vladimir Aceti (* 1998), Italian athlete

Climate table

Petrozavodsk
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     30th   -8th -15     23   -7 -13     31   -1 -8th     35   5 -2     41   13 4th     59   18th 9     70   21st 12     85   18th 10     70   13 6th     56   6th 1     45   0 -5     40   -5 -11 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Roshydromet

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Petrozavodsk Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −8.3 −6.8 −1.0 5.3 13.3 18.4 20.6 18.2 12.5 5.9 −0.4 −4.8 O 6.1 Min. Temperature (° C) −15.0 −13.1 −7.9 −2.2 3.6 8.8 11.6 10.3 5.6 0.8 −4.9 −10.8 O −1 Precipitation ( mm ) 30th 23 31 35 41 59 70 85 70 56 45 40 Σ 585 Rainy days ( d ) 9 7th 9 9 7th 10 10 12 12 12 12 11 Σ 120 Source: Roshydromet

Web links

Commons : Petrozavodsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Petrozavodsk  - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations

• petrozavodsk.ru (only Russian)
• ptz.karelia.ru (only Russian)
• 300.ptz.ru (only Russian)
• ticrk.ru (English)
• petrozavodsk.de (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Erich Maschke (ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Verlag Ernst and Werner Gieseking, Bielefeld 1962–1977.
3. ↑ International and Inter-regional Relations - Petrozavodsk city administration. Retrieved November 30, 2016 .